Max Cleland: “I have felt that the American Battle Monuments Commission is really America's premier storyteller of our story abroad.”

The gut part of that, sir, is what we call our new financial management system.

That is in keeping with the spirit in which the American Battle Monuments Commission was created.

This was a baby that was dropped on our doorstep. So we are looking around to get enough milk to keep it alive, not just keep it alive, but to dramatically improve it, and we have done that.

I was 25 years old. My body was broken and my faith was shattered. I was angry in those days of war, saddened that veterans were not getting good care, and frustrated that people in power were not listening. Those were difficult days for…